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Media Watch (May 28 – June 4, 2007)
Posted 6/5/2007
“Media Watch” is a round-up of recent stories in the media about the University of Hartford, as well as significant stories about other local and peer institutions and news about trends and issues in higher education.
President Walter Harrison was featured in the Hartford Business Journal's "My First Dollar" column where he discussed working in his family’s clothing store in Pennsylvania. “My grandfather starts as an immigrant peddler. My father goes to college, but has to return to be a merchant due to circumstances. And I get to go to college, and am fortunate enough to go to graduate school and become a professor, eventually to become president of a college,” said Harrison. “I feel fortunate to be doing what I am doing. I feel privileged, in a way, that they did pave the way for me to do what I do.” (Hartford Business Journal, June 4)
The University’s upcoming Performing Arts Center construction kickoff event on June 18 was highlighted in the Hartford Courant “Keys to the City” feature in the “Commentary” section that updates readers on what is happening in Hartford’s neighborhoods. The rebirth of this prominent corner on Westbourne Parkway and Albany Avenue is “good for the neighborhood,” according to the Courant. (Hartford Courant, June 3)
Mary Jane Williams, associate professor and interim chair of the Department of Nursing in ENHP, was interviewed on National Public Radio's “All Things Considered” about the country’s critical shortage of nurses, and how to remedy the shortage of nurse educators. Williams has been teaching nursing in Connecticut for more than 30 years. (WNPR, June 3)
Kris Lamb Caruso, associate women’s basketball coach at the University of Hartford, will become the head women’s basketball coach at Longwood University in Farmville, Va. Caruso, a former standout player at Hermitage High School and the University of Connecticut, spent the past five seasons as Jennifer Rizzotti's's associate coach. (Richmond-Times Dispatch, June 4)
Warren Goldstein, chair of the history department in the University's College of Arts and Sciences, had an opinion article on Giants slugger Barry Bonds’s pursuit of the Major League home run record published in several newspapers nationwide. In the piece, Goldstein traces the “tangled history of African Americans in professional sports” and suggests that racism may play more of a factor in public perception of Bonds than we may realize. “We don’t get exceptional achievement in anything, not concert piano or theoretical physics or medicine or ministry or baseball, wrapped up in spun gold. Barry Bonds may not be your cup of tea. He is, however, one hell of a baseball player, and I’m going to enjoy him making yet more baseball history,” Goldstein wrote. (Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 4; Newsday, June 3; Chronicle of Higher Education, June 3)
Darryl McMiller, assistant professor of political science, is a regular guest on WNPR’s “Faith Middleton Show” in its new segment called "Politics, Burgers and Beer," a fast-paced opinion, analysis, and debate about the 2008 Presidential race. The dates for the next airings of "Politics, Burgers and Beer" are July 13, July 27, and Aug. 10, all at 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. (WNPR, June 1)
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford’s annual gala at the Downtown Marriott honored Carlos Velazquez as the organization's youth of the year for his 500 hours of volunteer work at the club. The 15-year-old freshman at University High School of Science and Engineering, who has been a member of the Parkville Community School unit since it opened two years ago, said he hopes to teach engineering and plans to remain active with the Boys and Girls Club. (Hartford Courant, June 2)
Timothy Chambers, who teaches philosophy at the University of Hartford, wrote a letter to the editor in response to a front-page Hartford Courant story on the brain's role in a person’s ability to empathize and moralize. “It's best to view nature and nurture as partners, not rivals, in crafting the adult moral faculties we take for granted,” he wrote. (Hartford Courant, June 2)
In a Hartford Courant opinion piece about commuter rail service on the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield line, Nicholas Caruso, a designer at Centerbrook Architects and Planners in Essex, wrote that the Griffin Line between Hartford and Bradley International Airport would also connect Bloomfield center and the University of Hartford with downtown offices and amenities. (Hartford Courant, June 3)
Other News
The University of Connecticut will consider business executives, military leaders, politicians and others as well as traditional academics in its search for a new president. "The issue is that we want to cast a wide net intellectually," said John W. Rowe, chairman of the UConn board of trustees and head of the search committee. "We are not just limiting it to someone who is climbing the academic ladder at a university but to other candidates from other walks of life. We want people who are real leaders and can provide a vision." (Hartford Courant, June 4)
About 250 graduates donned caps and gowns for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s 50th commencement ceremony in Hartford. The graduates received master's degrees in engineering, management and science. (Hartford Courant, June 4)
The Education Department, criticized for lax oversight of student loans, released proposed rules that would set new standards for universities and ban lenders' marketing practices that have resulted in loan company payoffs to university officials. The 225-page package represents a change in direction by the department, which for years had ignored calls by its inspector general, Democratic lawmakers and even some loan-industry officials for it to be more aggressive in policing the $85 billion student loan industry. (New York Times, June 4)
The University of Illinois said it has received a gift commitment of $100 million from the founder of software maker Siebel Systems. The university said that graduate Thomas Siebel, 54, will write into his will a $100 million gift for the science and engineering programs on the Urbana-Champaign campus, but the university expects to begin using the money during his lifetime. (Associated Press, June 3)
Officials from the University of New Haven, and cities of New Haven and West Haven recently announced the creation of a public magnet school to focus on science and engineering for grades 6 through 12. The school will begin operations in the fall of 2008 in a temporary location, and a new school eventually will be built in West Haven, near the university's campus. (Hartford Courant, May 29)
A shirt factory worker who rose to become South Africa's top judge, an author who has written about endangered places and vanishing cultures, and a philanthropist who has given generously to Yale were awarded honorary degrees during Yale University's commencement ceremony. Yale President Richard Levin told the graduates that he hoped the awards would inspire them toward excellence, creativity and social justice on their journeys ahead. (Hartford Courant, May 29)
President Walter Harrison was featured in the Hartford Business Journal's "My First Dollar" column where he discussed working in his family’s clothing store in Pennsylvania. “My grandfather starts as an immigrant peddler. My father goes to college, but has to return to be a merchant due to circumstances. And I get to go to college, and am fortunate enough to go to graduate school and become a professor, eventually to become president of a college,” said Harrison. “I feel fortunate to be doing what I am doing. I feel privileged, in a way, that they did pave the way for me to do what I do.” (Hartford Business Journal, June 4)
The University’s upcoming Performing Arts Center construction kickoff event on June 18 was highlighted in the Hartford Courant “Keys to the City” feature in the “Commentary” section that updates readers on what is happening in Hartford’s neighborhoods. The rebirth of this prominent corner on Westbourne Parkway and Albany Avenue is “good for the neighborhood,” according to the Courant. (Hartford Courant, June 3)
Mary Jane Williams, associate professor and interim chair of the Department of Nursing in ENHP, was interviewed on National Public Radio's “All Things Considered” about the country’s critical shortage of nurses, and how to remedy the shortage of nurse educators. Williams has been teaching nursing in Connecticut for more than 30 years. (WNPR, June 3)
Kris Lamb Caruso, associate women’s basketball coach at the University of Hartford, will become the head women’s basketball coach at Longwood University in Farmville, Va. Caruso, a former standout player at Hermitage High School and the University of Connecticut, spent the past five seasons as Jennifer Rizzotti's's associate coach. (Richmond-Times Dispatch, June 4)
Warren Goldstein, chair of the history department in the University's College of Arts and Sciences, had an opinion article on Giants slugger Barry Bonds’s pursuit of the Major League home run record published in several newspapers nationwide. In the piece, Goldstein traces the “tangled history of African Americans in professional sports” and suggests that racism may play more of a factor in public perception of Bonds than we may realize. “We don’t get exceptional achievement in anything, not concert piano or theoretical physics or medicine or ministry or baseball, wrapped up in spun gold. Barry Bonds may not be your cup of tea. He is, however, one hell of a baseball player, and I’m going to enjoy him making yet more baseball history,” Goldstein wrote. (Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 4; Newsday, June 3; Chronicle of Higher Education, June 3)
Darryl McMiller, assistant professor of political science, is a regular guest on WNPR’s “Faith Middleton Show” in its new segment called "Politics, Burgers and Beer," a fast-paced opinion, analysis, and debate about the 2008 Presidential race. The dates for the next airings of "Politics, Burgers and Beer" are July 13, July 27, and Aug. 10, all at 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. (WNPR, June 1)
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford’s annual gala at the Downtown Marriott honored Carlos Velazquez as the organization's youth of the year for his 500 hours of volunteer work at the club. The 15-year-old freshman at University High School of Science and Engineering, who has been a member of the Parkville Community School unit since it opened two years ago, said he hopes to teach engineering and plans to remain active with the Boys and Girls Club. (Hartford Courant, June 2)
Timothy Chambers, who teaches philosophy at the University of Hartford, wrote a letter to the editor in response to a front-page Hartford Courant story on the brain's role in a person’s ability to empathize and moralize. “It's best to view nature and nurture as partners, not rivals, in crafting the adult moral faculties we take for granted,” he wrote. (Hartford Courant, June 2)
In a Hartford Courant opinion piece about commuter rail service on the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield line, Nicholas Caruso, a designer at Centerbrook Architects and Planners in Essex, wrote that the Griffin Line between Hartford and Bradley International Airport would also connect Bloomfield center and the University of Hartford with downtown offices and amenities. (Hartford Courant, June 3)
Other News
The University of Connecticut will consider business executives, military leaders, politicians and others as well as traditional academics in its search for a new president. "The issue is that we want to cast a wide net intellectually," said John W. Rowe, chairman of the UConn board of trustees and head of the search committee. "We are not just limiting it to someone who is climbing the academic ladder at a university but to other candidates from other walks of life. We want people who are real leaders and can provide a vision." (Hartford Courant, June 4)
About 250 graduates donned caps and gowns for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s 50th commencement ceremony in Hartford. The graduates received master's degrees in engineering, management and science. (Hartford Courant, June 4)
The Education Department, criticized for lax oversight of student loans, released proposed rules that would set new standards for universities and ban lenders' marketing practices that have resulted in loan company payoffs to university officials. The 225-page package represents a change in direction by the department, which for years had ignored calls by its inspector general, Democratic lawmakers and even some loan-industry officials for it to be more aggressive in policing the $85 billion student loan industry. (New York Times, June 4)
The University of Illinois said it has received a gift commitment of $100 million from the founder of software maker Siebel Systems. The university said that graduate Thomas Siebel, 54, will write into his will a $100 million gift for the science and engineering programs on the Urbana-Champaign campus, but the university expects to begin using the money during his lifetime. (Associated Press, June 3)
Officials from the University of New Haven, and cities of New Haven and West Haven recently announced the creation of a public magnet school to focus on science and engineering for grades 6 through 12. The school will begin operations in the fall of 2008 in a temporary location, and a new school eventually will be built in West Haven, near the university's campus. (Hartford Courant, May 29)
A shirt factory worker who rose to become South Africa's top judge, an author who has written about endangered places and vanishing cultures, and a philanthropist who has given generously to Yale were awarded honorary degrees during Yale University's commencement ceremony. Yale President Richard Levin told the graduates that he hoped the awards would inspire them toward excellence, creativity and social justice on their journeys ahead. (Hartford Courant, May 29)
